August Wilhelm von Schlegel
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1767 – 1845
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Who was August Wilhelm von Schlegel?
August Wilhelm Schlegel was a German poet, translator, critic, and a foremost leader of German Romanticism. His translations of Shakespeare made the English dramatist's works into German classics.
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- Born
- Sep 8, 1767
Hanover - Also known as
- August Wilhelm Schlegel
- Siblings
- Nationality
- Germany
- Education
- Georg-August University of Göttingen
- Lived in
- Hanover
- Died
- May 12, 1845
Bonn
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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